Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Galápagos (Ecuador)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 299
1628
2699 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 296
1622
2691 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 288
1599
2655 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 178
1194
1906 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 42
458
680 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 42
458
680 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 41
457
679 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 16
258
394 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
233
357 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
46
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 13
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Galápagos
13 Genera with 15 Species | Brephidium Scudder, 1852 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1862 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiargus Hübner, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heodes Fabricius, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1860 | Common Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1851 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1761 | Meadow Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 0 | Satyr Orchids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1852 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Galápagos
15 Species and 2 Subspecies | Brephidium exilis Boisduval, 1852 | Fea Pygmyblue | | Callophrys (Callophrys) affinis (Edwards, 1862) | ⇒ Callophrys dumetorum Boisduval, 1852 | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Hemiargus ramon Dognin, 1887 | Ramon Blue | | Heodes agabinus | | | Leptotes marina Reakirt, 1868 | Marine Blue | | Leptotes parrhasioides Wallengren, 1860 | Galapagos Blue | | Lycaena acmon (Westwood, 1851) | ⇒ Plebejus acmon Westwood, 1851 | | Polyommatus (Lysandra) coridon Poda, 1761 | Chalk Hill Blue | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Satyrium saepium okanagana | | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak | | Strymon saepium Boisduval, 1852 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Galápagos
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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